The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-06-23
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Bleod In Pulmonary Troubles.

rae x4axveIous Curative Powers Of Eresh
Dlood IN Pulmonary Troubles.
Although consumption is a. common
and fatal complaint In South America
AZ in any otter portion Of the globe, there
IL class Of persons resident In that coun-
try among whom the dread scourge 70 said
never to have appeared. These ore the
inhabitants Of the saladerus-a place
where cattle are slaughtered and dressed,
and where sometimes the man .facturo Of
beef extract b carried on. A gentleman
recently returned from Argentine Repub-
Lie, in talking on the subject With 9 10
porter, said: TN former years, cattle In
my country, that II South America, were
slaughtered simply for their hides, bones,
and tallow, which were articles Of export.
The meat, except such a. the butchers In
the different cities chose to carry away,
was stacked out on the plains and was
eaten up by quicklime. The places where
the work Of killing the cattle was and Y
carried on were and are still known. az
saladeros. They are large fnclosed spaces
in tho open country, generally some dis
tance remote from other habitations.
The people employed in the business live
within the inclosure, and form little
colony by themselves.
ssFrom 1000 to 10, 900 head Of cattle are
slaughtered in these saladeros every day.
Necessarily there II constant odor Of
fresh blood, which to those unacCustomed
to It is decidedly unpleasant. Consump-
ton, however, has never been known
among persons who live in these saladeroG,
and, strange as 1t may appear, persons
who were 30 affected and through some
circumstances or another went into one Of
these places to live, have speedily recov-
cred. At first the medical men OF the
country reasoned that their diagnoses were
in error, but a. the result was the Same
time after time, they came to look upon
declare that q residence In saladero9 will
heal an liberated lung and entirely destroy
the germs Of Consumption. The process
fs slow, however, and q consumptive must
be patient and content to live in one Of
these places o considerable time.
"Persons who 60 there and remain only
little while show q great Improvement,
but II they come away before they are en-
tirely well they are liable to relapse int
their former state understand that
residence Of from eighteen months to tWo
years In o saladeros viii cure almost any
case Of phthisiA One Of the most notable
cures, and one that was primarily tho
cause Of inquiries being made ON the sub
tect, was that Of Donna F1orentinA De
Cibels, wife Of Jaime Cibels, Of the hrm
Of Cfbels Hermanos, Of Buenos Ayres.
Shortly after her marriage she developed
unmistakable signs Of pulmonary trouble.
The disease progressed until she became
very feeble, and the doctors advised her
that she had but q short time to live.
just about this time her husband was sent
out to take personal charge Of one Of his
AuA1 1-<9 y>>y~ ~
almost dead, went with him. She had not
lived there many months before she began
to show unmistakable signs Of improve
ment. She remained there with her hus-
band for four years, and when, at the end
Of that period, she left the place all symp-
toms Of consumption had disappeared,
and Mrs. Cibels is to-day a. healthy q
woman as lives in the republic. New
York Mail and Express.